By: Cierra Nickerson It had been only a year since I left my role as a principal at an alternative high school. A decision that was one of the most difficult to make. Mommy duties such as breast feeding, sleepless nights, and even the need to be available in case of the inevitable fever and the frequent doctors visits paralyzed me into moving in a different direction. I enjoyed the principalship immensely, but my new […]

By: Paul Matthews I’m going to tell you about the first time I nearly quit teaching. Believe it or not, this experience has come to deeply shape the way I think about Artificial Intelligence1 in my teaching practice. It all started with a student named Bill. Meet Bill It was 2014 and I was on my first placement as a trainee teacher.  As I pulled into the carpark, I realised I was the only one […]

By: Hannah Kapitaniuk The creator of Kid President, Brad Montague, is attributed with the quote, “Absurd times call for absurd amounts of love.” Absurd feels like the correct word for our world today. I have been struggling to be present in the mundane and beautiful parts of my life with a seemingly infinite news roll in my brain of tragic current events, reminding me of the brokenness of the world. You may be feeling that […]